loss Archives - Just Playing House https://justplayinghouse.com/tag/loss Lifestyle Blog: Motherhood, Child Loss, Grief, and Thriving After Loss Thu, 07 Nov 2024 02:00:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://justplayinghouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/200x200-50x50.jpg loss Archives - Just Playing House https://justplayinghouse.com/tag/loss 32 32 An Open Letter To Newly Bereaved Parents https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/dear-newly-bereaved-parents https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/dear-newly-bereaved-parents#comments Fri, 23 Jun 2017 23:25:03 +0000 http://justplayinghouse.com/?p=3884 Dear Newly Bereaved, I remember standing where you are. The world feels different. A vast emptiness closes in around your heart as you wrangle with the idea that your child is no longer a part of this world. Your world, broken. The last image of them burning in your mind because there will be no more. Don’t focus too long on the idea that ... Read More

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]]> https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/dear-newly-bereaved-parents/feed 32 Grief And Loss – What Should Year 2 Look Like? https://justplayinghouse.com/grief/grief-and-loss-what-does-year-2-look-like https://justplayinghouse.com/grief/grief-and-loss-what-does-year-2-look-like#respond Wed, 08 Feb 2017 22:10:29 +0000 http://justplayinghouse.com/?p=3653 The first year of grief and loss is typically thought to be the hardest. You learn how to breathe again. You learn how to compartmentalize your life and manage (even mask) your grief. Survival through each milestone, creating a new normal, and learning how to keep going takes all of your energy and focus. So when we hit the first ... Read More

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]]> https://justplayinghouse.com/grief/grief-and-loss-what-does-year-2-look-like/feed 0 21 Things I Learned In Our First Year Of Loss https://justplayinghouse.com/grief/21-things-i-learned-in-our-first-year-of-loss https://justplayinghouse.com/grief/21-things-i-learned-in-our-first-year-of-loss#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2017 20:42:44 +0000 http://justplayinghouse.com/?p=3465 We have officially survived our first year of loss. I’m not really sure how. It doesn’t seem possible to be standing where we are today. I still wish I would wake up and have it all be a nightmare. Through this journey we have received a lot of advice. Nothing really prepares you. You simply learn to find comfort in ... Read More

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]]> https://justplayinghouse.com/grief/21-things-i-learned-in-our-first-year-of-loss/feed 50 What To Say When Someone Dies – 8 Sympathy Messages To Replace “I’m Sorry” https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/sympathy-messages-what-to-say-when-someone-dies https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/sympathy-messages-what-to-say-when-someone-dies#comments Tue, 17 May 2016 23:49:17 +0000 http://justplayinghouse.com/?p=2416 I'm sorry. Two words that are automatic in our vocabulary. In a breath, they show up on command just as they have been conditioned to. Without forethought. An attempt to fill the void. I loathe these two words! When a loved one dies, these are the first two words that everyone says. I'm sorry for your loss. I'm sorry to hear about (fill ... Read More

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]]> https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/sympathy-messages-what-to-say-when-someone-dies/feed 52 How Has It Been 4-Months? https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/how-has-it-been-4-months https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/how-has-it-been-4-months#respond Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:31:35 +0000 http://justplayinghouse.com/?p=2337 Today is the 25th. It is exactly 4-months from one of the worst days of my life. I say “one of” because even though it was the day we were told Cameron wouldn’t make it, the day we had to make the decision to sign a DNR and unplug our son, it still wasn’t as bad as the following day. Waking up, knowing that yesterday was ... Read More

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]]> https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/how-has-it-been-4-months/feed 0 What Are Good Days After Losing A Child? https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/good-days-after-losing-child https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/good-days-after-losing-child#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2016 01:13:51 +0000 http://justplayinghouse.com/?p=2331 Was today a good day? I was recently asked this question by a friend and it completely threw me for a loop. No one has asked this question quite that way before. How are you? That’s what I’ve gotten used to answering. That’s the question that I now have an automatic response for. I had no idea how to respond this ... Read More

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]]> https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/good-days-after-losing-child/feed 1 It’s Been 3 Months Since You Left https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/3-months-since-you-left https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/3-months-since-you-left#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:09:47 +0000 http://justplayinghouse.com/?p=2244 This is a hard post to write. The tears flow freely now, before the first sentence is even written. I expect them. This is one of the few times I allow myself time to fully grieve for you, but you know that. I know you are there watching. 3-months is a long time to not see your face. I try ... Read More

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]]> https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/3-months-since-you-left/feed 1 Good Days Have Consequences with Grief https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/good-days-have-consequences https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/good-days-have-consequences#comments Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:31:18 +0000 http://justplayinghouse.com/?p=2171 I often hear the word strong. They make it sound like I have this amazing strength inside me to keep living. It’s not true. My actions don’t come from a place of strength. They come from a place where no other options exist. Life continues on and if you don’t keep up, you will drown. It’s like the movie Ground ... Read More

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]]> https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/loss/good-days-have-consequences/feed 4 Our “New” Normal https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/our-new-normal https://justplayinghouse.com/motherhood/our-new-normal#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:23:20 +0000 http://justplayinghouse.com/?p=1977 I hate our new normal. HATE it! I’m told that will never change. Right now I believe them. Don’t get me wrong, none of this changes my love for my husband and the girls. It also doesn’t mean that I won’t continue putting one foot in front of the other and living. The first couple of days were the worst. ... Read More

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